cloud layer
Americannoun
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To study its terrain, scientists must rely on radar imaging capable of penetrating the cloud layer.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026
It will prove difficult for the waning sunlight to scour out moisture on the surface, though, resulting in only a thinning cloud layer with a few breaks of sunshine by Tuesday afternoon at best.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
But the particular cloud layer where the phosphine is present happens to be relatively balmy, with ample sunlight and Earth-like atmospheric pressure and temperature.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2020
As he neared Lost Hills Road, Zobayan told another air traffic controller he was climbing to 4,000 feet get above the cloud layer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2020
The top of each tower disappeared into the sodium-vapor-drenched cloud layer above.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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